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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Orientalist, philologist of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic. The father of Biblical research in Switzerland. In his | Orientalist, philologist of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic. The father of Biblical research in Switzerland. In his commentaries on Revelation (1549) and 4 Ezra (1553) maintained the identification of Antichrist with the Papacy, yet showed a genuine attempt to extricate himself from the morass of contemporary polemics and come nearer to discovering what the apocalyptic writers wished their readers to understand. | ||
==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
*[[Diligens atque erudita enarratio libri Apocalypseos Ioannis (1549 Bibliander), book]] | |||
*[[De fatis monarchiae romanae somnium vaticanum Esdrae prophetae (1553 Bibliander), book]] | *[[De fatis monarchiae romanae somnium vaticanum Esdrae prophetae (1553 Bibliander), book]] | ||
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Theodor Bibliander (Theodor Buchmann; 1506-1564) was a Swiss scholar.
Biography
Orientalist, philologist of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic. The father of Biblical research in Switzerland. In his commentaries on Revelation (1549) and 4 Ezra (1553) maintained the identification of Antichrist with the Papacy, yet showed a genuine attempt to extricate himself from the morass of contemporary polemics and come nearer to discovering what the apocalyptic writers wished their readers to understand.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Diligens atque erudita enarratio libri Apocalypseos Ioannis (1549 Bibliander), book
- De fatis monarchiae romanae somnium vaticanum Esdrae prophetae (1553 Bibliander), book